Improvement in money-bag fasteners



W. H. SANFORD. Money-Bag Fastener.

No. 204,615. Patented June 4, I878.

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".FETERS, PHOTO-L|TNOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. SANFORD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN E. GRIFFITHS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MONEY-BAG FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,615., dated June 4, 1878; application filed April 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SANFORD, of the city of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Money-Bag Fasteners, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists of an improvement to be added to an ordinary bag, whereby a money-bag, or any bag to contain valuables which it is desirable to seal, is more convenientl y and securely fastened. This is accomplished in this invention by having one side of the bag extended beyond the end, so as to form a lap. To this lap is attached a piece of leather or other stiff substance; and when this lap with substance attached is folded over upon the bag, eyelet-holes are pierced through the lap and the bag, near the top of the bag. A wooden or metallic plate, with posts attached, so as to project through the holes, is then placed in position, and through the projecting ends of the posts lateral holes are made, so as to allow ahollow metallic tube to pass through and through the tube a wire or string is run, so as to allow the ends to be drawn together and sealed upon the leather or other stiff substance attached to the lap.

And I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center. Fig. 3 is a back view. Fig. 4 is a plan of the top. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of metallic or wooden plate of the back. Fig. 6 is a view of the hollow metallic tube, through which a string or wire passes.

I said tube.

The metallic or wooden plate, Fig. 5, has posts fastened thereto, and these posts pass through eyelets in the bag, with lateral holes in the posts to allow the hollow metallic tube to pass through, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawing, A represents a hollow metallic tube passing through the posts fastened to and forming a portion of the metallic or wooden plate of the back, which pass through the bag, as shown. B represents a string or wire passing through the hollow metallic tube. 0 represents the seal, which is placed over the string or wire after passing through the D represents a piece of leather or other substance, which is fastened to the top or lap of the bag, which folds over in front of bag when closed, as shown in Fig. 1. E represents a metallic or wooden plate, to which posts are fastened, and is placed on the top of the back part of bag, with the posts projecting through the bag and the lap folded over.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bag for holding money and valuables, constructed with the flap D, and having the plate E attached thereto, provided with perforated posts, which pass through the sides of the bag and the flap, and are adapted to receive the hollow metallic tube A, through which may be passed the string or wire B, the ends of which are to be fastened to the flap D by a seal, the whole constructed and operatin g substantially as and for the purpose stated.

WILLIAM H. SANFORD.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM H. LITTELL. 

